Knowledge

1.Who is known as the Father of Black History Month? 2.For what team did baseball legend Jackie Robinson break the color barrier? 3.Who were the first Black Americans to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Actress? 4.What was the name of the U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled that segregation as unconstitutional? 5.What lawyer who later became a U.S. Supreme Court Justice argued on behalf of the plaintiff in the above case? 6.In what year did President Harry Truman sign an order integrating the military?

Williamsburg garden events The Williamsburg Botanical Garden continues its series of Saturday programs with two scheduled in June and two in July. Most programs are held at the Botanical Garden or the Freedom Park Interpretive Center. Events are free, but a $5 donation is suggested. More information: http://www.williamsburgbotanicalgarden.org. •Saturday, June 14. "Reptiles and Snakes!" 10 a.m. Children take a hands-on journey to observe native and exotic species of reptiles and snakes.

"According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2003), every day from September to June some 53.5 million students in the United States walk into classes that teach English, math, science, history, and geography and face the sometimes daunting task of learning new content." -- Robert Marzano, Senior Scholar, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning In my August Daily Press column ("It's About Teaching, Stupid!"), I argued that when all is said and done, learning in school comes down to the quality of instruction.

A local union official has produced emails that show he informed a key Isle of Wight Schools staff member about the federal wage requirements involved with a school construction project -- an overlooked provision that has prompted a federal investigation. An investigation by the Daily Press recently found that the contract for the construction of the Georgie D. Tyler Middle School in Windsor did not include federal minimum wage clauses required by a federal law for jobs that are funded by federal dollars.

Get ready to entertain your brain. Store of Knowledge Inc. is teaming up with WHRO, Hampton Roads' public broadcasting station, to open a store at Virginia Beach's Lynnhaven Mall in September. The WHRO Store of Knowledge will offer merchandise relating to more than 60 educational subjects, including history, the arts, foreign language and self-improvement. It will also sell products made popular by PBS, such as Masterpiece Theatre mugs, Barney toys and Julia Child cookbooks. "We have all kinds of different products that will blow your mind," says Christine Callahan, marketing coordinator for the Los Angeles-based retailer.

When people speak of the information revolution occurring in our society, what they are really talking about is a revolution in the technology by which information is conveyed. The horse can be taken to the water by so many ways now: fiber optics, cellular phones and powerful home computers hooked into international information networks. But you still can't make him drink. According to the results of a survey conducted by Harvard University, the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Washington Post, a shocking number of Americans are politically dehydrated, having precious little knowledge about basic political facts.

The Bible is not just another great literary accomplishment, as viewed by some historical scholars. It is the revealed word of God, the creator of heaven, earth, mankind and all things that exist. God placed his word in the hearts and minds of men to be written and passed from generation to generation. He did this so we would get to know him, his son, Jesus, and draw from their wisdom and knowledge in order to live healthy, prosperous lives. People of the Old and New Testament discovered this truth.

Affirmative action, diversity, multiculturalism, quotas, political correctness and racial pluralism are emotionally charged expressions in the academy in the United States. These buzz words mask a larger underlying issue in education: who will be the definers, producers and dispersers of knowledge in the multicultural and multiracial society? In Academe, knowledge largely has been generated and produced from an Anglo male perspective. Through curricula, electronic and print media, the entertainment industry, scholarly journals and textbooks, our norms and values have been shaped by this orientation.

By David Macaulay, dmacaulay@dailypress.com | 757-247-7838 | February 1, 2012

CHESAPEAKE – Police say a gun used in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old girl earlier this month in Chesapeake, was taken from the parent of a juvenile, without their knowledge. Carolyn Walker was killed on January 10 in Geneva Av. A 13-year-old is charged with manslaughter. "Police have advised that the gun used was obtained from another juvenile," Chesapeake police spokeswoman Kelly O'Sullivan said Wednesday. "The gun was taken from their parent without the parent's knowledge.

Experience is benefiting Miss Hampton-Newport News Lauren Kiedinger going into this weekend's Miss Virginia Pageant, but it's not her own. Lauren's mother, Julianne Smith Kiedinger, was Miss Virginia in 1986 and went on to become first runner-up in the Miss American pageant held in 1987. These days the York County native lives with her family in York, and does voiceovers and sings with a band. Lauren, 21, had never entered a pageant until October, and won her first time trying.

NEWPORT NEWS - How does a city prevent violence and encourage youth to stay on the right track? "We'll be the first to tell you, we don't have the answers," Assistant Chief of Police Joseph A. Moore with Newport News Police Department told about 40 attendees at a community violence forum at the Denbigh Community Center. City Councilwoman Tina Vick hosted Saturday's forum in cooperation with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of nonviolence.

Newport News students tested their knowlege of books in two Battle of the Books competitions March 5 at the Main Street Library, with the winners advancing to the next round this Saturday in Williamsburg. The elementary school competition came first, followed by the middle school portion of the event. Out of seven elementary schools, the three finalists were Hampton Roads Academy, Hilton Elementary School and St. Andrew's Episcopal School. Of the five middle schools, the three finalists were An Achievable Dream Academy, Booker T. Washington Middle School and Warwick River Christian School.

CHARLOTTESVILLE - As a West Coast guy, Steve Fairchild can't tell you much about the good barbecue spots along Tobacco Road. He actually had a hard time remembering the last time he was even in the state of Virginia when he was asked Tuesday afternoon. Though Fairchild may not have deep roots (or any roots) in the Atlantic Coast Conference, that's not the reason he was hired be Virginia's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. With four seasons as a head coach in the Western Athletic Conference under his belt, along with five seasons as an offensive coordinator in the NFL and 11 seasons as an offensive coordinator in college ball, Fairchild has just about seen it all at the highest levels of the game.

1.Who is known as the Father of Black History Month? 2.For what team did baseball legend Jackie Robinson break the color barrier? 3.Who were the first Black Americans to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Actress? 4.What was the name of the U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled that segregation as unconstitutional? 5.What lawyer who later became a U.S. Supreme Court Justice argued on behalf of the plaintiff in the above case? 6.In what year did President Harry Truman sign an order integrating the military?

NEWPORT NEWS — The Virginia Supreme Court has reversed a $17.5 million verdict against ExxonMobil in an asbestos case, saying a trial judge improperly excluded evidence that Newport News Shipbuilding knew of the dangers of breathing the microscopic asbestos fibers. In a 5-2 ruling, the state's highest court ruled that a jury in Newport News Circuit Court might have rendered a different verdict against the oil giant if Circuit Judge Timothy S. Fisher had allowed evidence about the shipyard's knowledge about asbestos.

Let's solve the real problems Let's pretend that scientists discovered the origin of the universe, at least how it all began. And that archaeologists reconstructed every year of human history from its beginning to the present day. Let's pretend that all of the unknowns in chemistry, biology and physics were known. That there was nothing more to discover. How would all of this stop the wars? How would the hungry be fed? How would cruelty end? How would all the knowledge of the world change the most basic elements of the human condition?

Hampton Police Chief Charles R. Jordan Jr. says Hampton's city manager and its top attorney had "very little knowledge" about an undercover police cigarette sting business while it was in operation for 19 months. Jordan said Monday that City Manager Mary Bunting and City Attorney Cynthia Hudson didn't know about the investigation's details - including the millions of dollars flowing through the undercover operation's checking account - while it was under way. "It has been the long standing practice of this organization to limit the exposure of such (undercover)